Fence



j UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOEL HEACOCK, OF MARLBOROUGH, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,811, dated January 18, 1881.

y Application filed July 3. 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that A`l, JOEL HEAcocK, of Marlborough, inthe county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Ijcnces, of which the following is a speci cation.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, showing two panels of the fence properly connected and in position. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a modification of the invention, showin g two panels, with one of them partly detached from the other.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y A

Portable wooden fences are objectionable on account of the weightand of thc surface presented to the wind. Portable wire fences are objectionable, because they are not readily seen. To overcome these objections with a cheap portable fence is the object of my iinprovement.

My invention consists of a portable fence partly of wood and partly of wire, the panels of which are easily connected and disconnected, and which is cheap, substantial, and durable.

Each panel of the fence in the rst form shown consists of a sill, A, having a notch, a, to receive the end of the lower wooden rail on the adjoining panel, an upright, B, to which .to attach one end ot' the rails and wires, a brace, b, connecting the sill and the upright, a tie, O, connecting the other end ot' the rails and wires, a lower rail, c, having a tapered projection, d, au upper rail, e, having a notchprojection, j, wires g It i, and a brace, j, connecting the sill and the lower rail. The panels are connected by hooking the notched projection j' on the upper rail of the one under the brace b of the other, which may be done by raising the sill end of the panel to be connected. When'thus hooked,by-letting down the tapered projection d enters the notch a in the sill, the Weight of the panel forcing it through and pushing the notch on the upper rail at f into the catch under the brace b, thereby holding it iirnily in position.

Modifications may be made Without departing from my invention. For example, the sills and braces may be dispensed with and posts be substituted therefor.

The panels may be connected by extending the top wire of one panel, in the form of a loop, to take over the upright of the next panel. In this case the notch on the upper rail and taper on the lower rail may be dispensed with, the upper rail being tapered from the notch outward, so as to leave only a shoulder.

This fence is lighter than a Wooden fence, is less liable to be blown down, and is readily seen. The panels are easily connected and disconnected, and the fence is very rm.

The rails may be either sawed or split, and the wire may be with or without barbs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A panel of portable fence one rail of which has a tapered projection and another rail of which has a notch-projection, and which also has a notched sill to receive a similar tapered projection, and a brace to enter a simi- -lar notched projection of the two rails, respectively, substantially as described.

2. A panel of portable fence, consisting ot' sill A, having notch a, upright B on the sill, brace b, tie C, rail c, having tapered projection d, rail c, having notch-projection f, wires g h t, and brace j, combined substantially as described.

JOEL HEACOCK.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL F. DARoADs, JAMES C. STANLEY. 

